Poetics of siege in the work of Mahmoud Darwish

Najat Rahman, comparative literature, U de M, specializing in modern Arabic literature; co-editor, with Hala Nassar, of "Mahmoud Darwish, Exile's Poet: Critical Essays"; author of "Literary Disinheritance: The Writing of Home in the Works of Mahmoud Darwish and Assia Djebar" (both books forthcoming).